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Would not make any significant difference in weight unless the wood was 'green' to start with. If the wood dried out that much as a guitar the guitar would be screwed. If a guitar was made using poorly seasoned timber in a humid environment/country, such as malaysia, and then brought to a temperate climate like that of the uk then it would lose a bit of moisture but I dont think you could weigh the difference on kitchen scales Likewise if you make a guitar in siberia and then send it to the rainforest it would swell up like a ballon. The real extremes of this effect could possibly be weighed in grams possibly. A heavy guitar will never become light unless you introduce some kind of drywood eating bugs which dont exist I'm afraid.

Polyurethane will not take kindly to sanding. It just goes on flat and goes straight to the buffing. You can just t-cut the scratches out. I gess it would dull down with some light paper though. Or just wire wool.

Just get any old magnet and hold it above the pickups. If it repels on one and attracts on the other you're good. If it behaves the same way over both then all you can do is wire them paralell, or like I say, flip one over if possible. Unless of course you think it kinda works as it is.

Maybe they were out of phase then. It would sound like the bass fighting itself if you know what I mean. Kinda thin and distant.

Turn the pickup upside down? They may be alright anyway. If they sound alright then that's all that matters.

Pickups are never 'reverse wound'. They just use opposite ends of the coil as the hot wire. The pickups are actually probably out of phase now, in that the magnet poles are the same way up. Both north up for instance. Get a compass and check the polarity. The pickups need to have opposite polarity. One north up and the other south up.

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Why not. Basses never had frets before fender came along anyway.

I'm afraid that by the time he left floyd he was well past burnt out. He was the original acid testing ground and it ruined him unfortunately.

Syd wrote some truly lovable and trippy songs. A true original. A million miles away from the later floyd rock monster.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1360413896' post='1969965'] True dat. There's a massive difference between simply getting a sound out of an instrument and [i]playing[/i] it... [/quote]Of course. Although I think drums are more a case of having natural rhythm and good hand eye coordination.

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1360410536' post='1969901'] Actually the setup was pretty good. I don't like the hard paint on the bodies or the plastic pick guard, neither are very tactile, but I was struck by how the necks felt insubstantial. It's a feel thing, I'm not here to (ahem) knock Fender. But what makes for that feel? Mahogany on my bass, ash on the Fender clones... [/quote]God mate, dont start that argument again Woods and build quality do make a difference though. That's all I'll say on the matter.

Good luck with the sale! I have one of these and it's rubbish.

They are what they are. You either love em or hate em. The hard finshes kill a lot of the resonance and if the action is high they will have a definate thuddiness. Not a 'modern' sounding bass.

Maybe the bass relates to your feelings towards playing and the pub setting is basschat. The forum can be a bit like hanging out with your mates down the pub and it's not really about basses.

Sounds about right.

For parallel? Yes.

You have 2 wires coming from each coil. A hot wire (+) and the earth (-). To wire a pickup in series to make it humcancelling You attach the + from one coil to the - of the other. Usually Red and white are hot, green and black are earth. red/black is one coil, green and white is t'other. Red and green go together, white is your output and black is the earth. Attach the earth (black) to the braid and screening. White to the vol and earth to the back of the vol. The back of the vol pot also should be attached to your screening. The earth of the output jack goes to the screening also to create the circuit. and obviously the output from the vol pot goes to your preamp and the output from the preamp goes to the centre of your jack. If at this point your bass is picking up interference and humming you just switch one set of wires round. A multimeter helps to identify each set of coil wires.

Not worth the trouble for a cheap gig bag. The saddle screw is a very minor thing that can be put right by a blind donkey. I would put it down to experience and possibly not use the same company again. You may be able to leave a bad review online somewhere which would help others in the future.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1360018077' post='1963753'] I have to say , my friend , that if you bought the bass second hand then EBMM are behaving perfectly reasonably by offering to sell you a new neck . If you had bought the bass new then that would be a different matter , but any warranty or indeed any good will is really only applicable to the original purchaser . Things like this are one of the pitfalls of buying used basses , I'm afraid . Of course it would be nice if EBMM were more generous , but you can't reasonably expect or demand them to be so . I would find out the actual cost of a new neck with shipping and taxes and duty ect then make a decision . All in all it might not be that much and at least you could salvage the bass . Unfortunately things do go wrong and develop faults and it can be a pain , but at least this is something relatively easy to fix . I think you are looking at this whole situation the wrong way round , and it is wrong to lay blame at the feet of EBMM , who have no real obligation towards you whatsoever . Please don't get the idea that I am not sympathetic to your frustration and dissappointment , but no one has let you down here . It's just one of those things . [/quote]This winds me up no end. Fair enough if the neck had user related problems then yes, you should buy a new neck. This neck has a ridiculous sideways bow which just shouldnt happen. You could leave a guitar in a shed for 30 years and this wouldn't happen (probably). The neck is faulty. F A U L T Y ! Unrepairable, useless. Burn it! And post the pics. You'll become a legend!

Any manufacturer should stand by the quality of their instruments new or used. This is a problem with the materials used in making this bass at the original stage. Unfortunately you selling your other mm's wouldn't affect them in any way. The only thing you can do is hassle them every day until you get taken seriously. I'm sure there must be trading standards that apply to your situation.

The natural one is the best of the bunch.

Yea a stiff bristle brush and oil will do the trick. You can remove any build up of crap on the surface with an old fashioned razor blade (chemists). I would recommend finishing with danish oil rather than natural oils. This will add a touch of protection too.